Go beyond the Fiji cliche of palm trees & beaches to meet the villagers of Fulaga Island (also spelt Vulaga) Island in Fiji’s remote Southern Lau Group.
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Many Ni-Vanuatuans (meaning ‘of Vanuatu’) live a traditional life, upholding customs that have been passed down through generations. It’s a very respectful…
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Adele Hadfield, shot dead by her feisty second husband William Knowles, was a headstrong independent woman. Of fine breeding, landed gentry of…
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Lau Islands – cruise remote islands with Captain Cook Cruises | Fiji
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‘Bula bula, welcome to Lo’s Tea House,’ says Loraina Masibuli as I walk down onto the beach at Enedala village. I’ve just…
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It takes three days, including overnight stops in Brisbane and Honiara, three flights plus a hike and a boat trip across the…
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Review: Bewildered – a gutsy woman’s hike of New Zealand’s Te Araroa Trail
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Explore the outer untouched Solomon Islands expedition-style with Solomon Islands Discovery Cruises. Fiona Harper stepped onboard for a 7 night cruise to Russell and Florida Islands
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Fiji’s Lau Island Group is a remote archipelago of islands strung like a bejewelled necklace of treasures east of the International Date Line in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean.
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There is something wild and exotic about hopping on a private jet and being whisked away to a far-flung South Pacific island.…
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With over 900 islands dotted across the South Pacific Ocean, the Solomon Islands are an idyllic boating and cruising destination. Cruising the…
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It’s not difficult to understand why Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson chose Samoa when searching for a tropical island paradise. Discounting Hawaii,…
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Fulaga Island (also spelt Vulaga) is a small island within a lagoon in the Lau Group of Islands, Fiji. At the southern…
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Travel writer Fiona Harper checks in with Travel Writers Radio which features stories, news and travel updates from around the globe.
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As you’d expect from a reptile weighing up to 250 kg, giant tortoises are slow movers. Were it not for two dark…
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Fiji-Life Wavi Island Resort is a tiny slip of an island on the south coast of Fiji’s second largest island Vanua Levu.…